PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1944-03-21. MEMBERS OF NO.3 PLATOON, 2/16TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby
Accession Number 071289
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, 1944-03-21. MEMBERS OF NO.3 PLATOON, 2/16TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, PUTTING BRACES FOR WHARF SUPPORT INTO POSITION DURING THE BUILDING OF A NAVAL OILING WHARF. THE CRANE BEING USED IS MOUNTED ON A STEEL BARGE. SHOWN ARE: VX100071 LIEUTENANT J.R. DUNNE (1); A WAR ARTIST WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT (2); NX174039 SAPPER G.E. LOCK (3); VX23335 SAPPER R.T. MORRISON (4); VX36502 SAPPER R.H. COTTELL (5).